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Breaking: Today, Julius Caesar, our ”dictator for life” of our great Empire, is murdered by his own senators at a meeting in a hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. Caesar was a military genius, he defeated Pompey and he also defeated the annoying Gauls up north. Caesar was also very generous to us and we elected for many political positions and he satisfied us. Today he dies at the age of 55.
Caesar was killed today morning at a meeting hall next to Pompey’s Theatre. A witness that saw the event says that Caesar was handed a warning note as he entered the senate meeting that day but did not read it. After he entered the hall, Caesar was surrounded by senators holding daggers. Servilius Casca struck the first blow,

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